I managed to get all work completed for assessments and passed everything with some lovely comments from all my tutors. Very pleased! So that's it now for 2012.I'll finish the year with a few photos:

First up is the corset I made for 'Performance Costume'

It's not a great photo, not a good colour representation, but I took my camera to college to photograph the corset on a mannequin and then forgot to do it!

Having never made any clothing before I found this quite challenging but very enjoyable.

Next, the 7 Deadly Sins project for which I chose 'Greed'. This was a fun subject to play around with. I made 2 wrist cuffs (very greedy to have 2!) and each was over the top with lots of colour and embellishments. Cuff 1 was made from hand dyed habatoi silk embellished on to prefelt. Cuff 2 was wet felted and embellished onto various sheer fabrics.

I added things like padlocks to protect the wealth and money bags to keep it in, an extra large flower, price tags, beads, coins, and 3 watches all on one cuff. Here is my A2 presentation board: (I found the top 2 photos on the internet which seemed to fit perfectly but I can't claim credit for them)

Lastly I thought I'd include some sketchbook work. The subject is 'Design Semantics'. The interpretations are:Colour, Line, Pattern, Texture, Rythym, Shape, Form, Balance and Scale and each is made up from cut out magazine photos, fabrics, threads etc.

Assessment day is Wednesday 19th December and I'm almost there, quite a few boxes have been ticked and most projects finished:Observational Drawing.............10 A2 presentation boards completed \/Surface Decoration.................10 A2 presentation boards completed \/

Design Semantics ................. project completed, presentation boards still to doTextiles for Commission ......... project completed, 3 presentation boards to doPerformance Costume ........... still to finish corset but almost thereAnd I need to complete a few bits and pieces in my workbooks. Hmmm, I'm glad I listed that .... it all seems a bit clearer now!! Best get on with it